Julian became well known throughout England as a spiritual authority.įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit . julian of norwich revelations of divine love, One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in Revelations of Divine Love a remarkable work of. This is believed to be the first book written by a woman in the English language. These visions would twenty years later be the source of her major work, called Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love (circa 1393). Her spirituality is strongly Trinitarian and basically Neoplatonic. (They ended by the time she overcame her illness on May 13, 1373). Julian of Norwich was the most important English mystic of the 14th century. Even her name is uncertain, the name “Julian” coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she occupied a cell adjoining the church as an anchoress.Īt the age of thirty, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a series of intense visions. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. 1416) is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Librivox recording of Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich, translated by Grace Warrack.
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